Background: Right hemisphere brain damage (RHBD) has been linked to a diverse range of
discourse-level communicative deficits generally based on subjective impressions …

Background: In a previous report of topic use in semi-structured conversations (Brady,
Mackenzie, & Armstrong, 2003), we did not find the often-described gross topic deficit in …

Although it is common for descriptions of communication ability in people with right
hemisphere brain damage (RHBD) to include discourse deficits that affect pragmatic …

This study examined the effects of right brain-damage (RBD) on oral discourse production
using a multi-layered discourse processing model. Narrative and procedural discourse …

Eight adults with right hemisphere damage (RHD) and seven non-brain-damaged (NBD)
matched controls participated in first-encounter conversations. The incidence and nature of …

This study analysed narrative and procedural discourse samples produced by a right-
hemisphere brain-damaged (RHBD) and a non-brain-damaged subject according to a …

Purpose Discourse characteristics of adults with right hemisphere brain damage are similar
to those reported for healthy older adults, prompting the question of whether changes are …

The narrative skills of nonaphasic individuals with right hemisphere damage (RHD) were
compared with those of a group of healthy participants. All participants scored within the …

Normal comprehension skill is linked with the proficiency of a suppression mechanism,
which functions to dampen mental activation that becomes irrelevant or inappropriate to a …

This study examined the generality of a previous finding indicating that difficulty suppressing
or inhibiting context-inappropriate interpretations is an important predictor of narrative …